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July 2l, 1931. c. F. WEBB 1,815,534

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This invention is for limprovements in or relatln to printlng machines and more articular y to the type of printing mac inewherein portions of a strip or web are rinted inthe form of railway or like tickets and delivered. A lmachine of the above character is described in specification Serial No. 260268, wherein the printing is effected by means of a single rotary type-cylinder co-operating revolu ly with an impression roller. I

The present invention has for its object the y provision in a machine of the above type of an improved delivery mechanism for the printed tickets.

The present' nvention consists of a printing machine of the type referred to, Awherein the overrun of the drivin motor is employed to actuate the means or delivering a printed ticket or tickets. p g p Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a vmachlne of the type i referred to, wherein each ticket is fed into enga ement with a guide arranged to press the tlcket into contact with a friction wheel Y through the delivery slot of the machine. Y

In a suitable arrangement according to the 'present invention a friction wheel, rotated b means of the driving motor for the machine, is arranged to co-operate with a curved guide-plate in such a manner as to ensure that each ticket after being printed is frictionally engaged by the wheel and delivered through a delivery slot in the cover plate of the machine.

The invention will be particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fi of the rear portion of a machine embodying the subject matter ofthe present invention.

Figure 2 isa plan view of Figure 1 with the cover plate removed.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of Figure 1 on the line 3--3. Figure 4 is a sectional view of a detail of Figure 3 on the line 4-4, but with the parts illustrated in a different position, and,

Figure 5 isa detail view of an element gure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectionl ranrrme nomi amm, 'mi u eme arman muy 24, im.

drawn to, a larger scale than Figures 1-4.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a spindle mounted transversely inbearings formed in the frame 2 of the machine and arranged to carry rotatably ,a friction wheel 3, the pefrom a second pul ey'6 through the medium of a spring driving band 5. he pulley 6 is fixed to and arranged to rotate wlth a sprocketwhel 7 carrled rotatably on a spindle 8 fixed to one end of an arm 9,A the other end of which is pivoted at 10 to the frame 2.

` The sprocket wheel 7 is arranged to mesh with a driving chain 11 which is connected direct to the motor which drives the machine and the band 5 tends to keep the sprocket wheel 7 in mesh with the chain 11. It will thus be observed that the friction wheel 3 will continue to rotate as long as the spindle of the driving motor rotates. y

A curved guide-plate 12 mounted upon a rocking arm 13 is so disposed relatively to the friction wheel 3 as to embrace partly the surface of the friction wheel 3, whilst the free end of the late is disposed in close proximity to the sur ace of the friction Wheel 3 and to the delivery slot 24 of themachinef The curved guide-plate 12 carried on the rocking frame 13 is arranged to support an impression roller 14, the operationof which is described in the aforesaid specification No. 260268. The plate 12 is arranged between the impression roller and the type cylinder and is provided with an extension 15 which forms a guide for the strip or web 16 during the movement of the same towards the impression roller 14. The guide 12 is provided with a spring 17 arranged to bear upon the ticket as the same is fed forwardly. The plate 12 is providedv with an aperture 18 through which the impression roller 14 co-operates with the printing surfaces 19 on the type cylinder 20 to print the ticket in the manner described in the aforesaid specification. The aperture is constructed of a width which leaves ledges 18", 18* on either side of the said apertureA et as the same is fed forward. A pair of hooks 23, 23 fixed tothe ty e cylinder20 are al'-, ranged to engage'wit' the rear end of each printed ticket and moveV the same past the impression roller 14, so that theV free end of the ticket engages substantially with the free` end of th guide-'plate 12 so as to lie inthe direction of "a chord of the curve of the plate and tangential tothe curvature of the surface 1 of the iction wheel 3. t

The printed ticket, now being.V free of the vimpression roller 14 and guide 15,is, due to the rotation of the friction wheel 3,' carried through the delivery slot 24 in the cover plate 15 of the machine. g 1

In order to preventany set off by the ticket, the twocorners or edges 12", 12"'of the plate 12 situated adjacent to the friction wheel 3 and the delivery slot 24 are bent slightly 29 downwardlyf'as shown in Figure 5, the said corners thus maintaining the printed portion of the ticket out of contact with the surface f ofzthe guide-plate 12. -1 i In the type of machine described, the ro- 25 tary type cylinder 2 0 is designed at predetermined riods to be engaged with and disengaged om a sprocket wheel 25 by means of a clutch mechanism l26, the sprocket wheel 25 being driven by the electric m'otor, hereinbefore referred to.l This arrangement results in the sprocket vWheel 25 and the driving chain 11 therefor continuing in motion, by reason of the overrun of the aforesaid motor, after the type cylinder 20 has been brought torest. The motor is started and stopped for,

each impression made upon the ticket stri t by vmeans of a suitable swltch mechanism suoli as disclosed in my co-pending application Serial No. 260,268, in order to provide for 4 the over-run of the motor. V

4The fact that the friction wheel 3 is driven direct from the motor and not through a 'clutch mechanism enables the overrun of the motor to be employed to eject each printed ticket-through the'delivery slot of the machine after the remaining mechanism of the machine has come to rest. The feed device forl the strip or web vfor use in conjunction with theabove described 59 delivery mechanism may correspond to that described in specification No. 260268, or may, as shown in the accompanying drawings, comprise a feed race 27 carriedon the frame 2 of the machine so as to receive theV strip or web 16 and enable theV same to be fed between I sets `of discs v28, 28 and 36, 36 mounted adjacent to the race. Each of the discs 28 is provided with a segmental edge 29 of a length corresponding to the length of a ticket. The discs28 are mounted on and xed to a spindle 30 carried in bearings in the frame 2 of the machine and are arranged to extend partly through apertures 31, 31 in the race 27 to enlgage with the discs 36, 36 mounted on a Vspindle 37v carried in a frame 38, pivoted at `36, 36 and thus 43, pivote 39' to the fram'e 2. The-said frame 38, and

`discs 36 are pressed towards the discs 28 by a spring 40. The s indle 30 is driven from the shaft 20"'carry1ng the type cylinder 20 throu h 'the medium of crank mechanism 32, (Il igs.v2and 3 sprocket wheel 33, chain 34 and sprocket w eel 35 on the shaft 20* on Y which latter is fixed the type cylinder 20.

Thus it will be seenthat as the discs 28, 28 are rotated the segmental portion 29, 29 there` of will come into eng ement with the discs t e strip or web 16 in the race 27 and a length of strip corresponding to thelength of the ticket.

In order to position the strip or web 16 when the same is of the type provided with registerin holes a stop `or retaining blade' il at 44 `to the frame 2, is provided, the end 43x of which blade being designed to be positioned by means. of the spring 45 in 85 the holes in the said strip 16, the pressure of the blade 43 being relieved at the appropriate moment by means of an arm 46 on the blade 43 co-acting with a cam 47 on the spindle 30.

In operation ofthe machine a length of 9 web corresponding to the length of a ticket is first severed from the strip or web 16 by the knife 42 whereupon the same is printed upon and fed to the delivery mechanism described and thence ejected from the machine. During the latter part of the rotation of type cylinder 2O a further ticket length is fed and located in position ready for use. It will be appreciated that although the arrangement has been described in conjunction with single tickets' nevertheless the same may be employed when one or more tickets are issued simultaneously.

Claims. A 1. A machine of the class described, including strip guiding means, an intermittently operated printing member, motor operated means for intermittently actuating said member, and means operatively connected with the last mentioned means for utilizing' the 110 overrun of the driving motor for delivering a printed ticket. Y

2. In a machine of the class described, a rotatable type cylinder, motor driven means for intermittently actuating's'aid cylinder, ticket 115 delivering means, and mechanism operatively connecting the last mentioned means to the motor driven means for utilizing the overrun of the motor for delivering a printed ticket.

3. A machine of the class described, including arotatable type cylinder, motor driven means for intermittently actuating the type cylinder, ticket delivering means including a friction roller, and mechanism operatively connecting said roller to the motor driven means for utilizing the overrun of the motor after the type cylinder has come to rest, for delivering a printed ticket.

4. lIn a machine of the ,class described, a rotatable type cylinder, motor driven .intermittently o erated means for rotatin said cylinder, tic et delivering means inclu ing a movable element, and mechanism operatively connecting said element to the motor driven means for utilizing the overrun of the motor for delivering a printed ticket.

5. In a machine of the character described, a rotatable type cylinder, motor driven intermittently actuated means for rotating said cylinder, ticket delivering means including a friction roller, and power transmitting means operatively connecting said roller to the motor driven means for utilizing the overrunof the motor for delivering a printed ticket.

6. In a machine of the character described, a rotatable type cylinder, motor driven means for rotating said cylinder, a ticket guideway, means on the cylinder for advancing a ticket along said guideway, a friction roller for deliverlng a ticket from the guideway, and mechanism operatively connecting the roller to the motor driven means for utilizing the overrun of the motor after the cylinder has come to rest, for delivering a printed ticket.

7. In a machine of the character described, a type cylinder, motor driven means for rotating the type cylinder, a ticket guideway, means projecting from the cylinder for advancing a ticket along the guideway while the cylinder is revolving, and means for deliverin'g a ticket from the guideway after the cylinderhas come to rest.

8. In a machine of the character described, a rotatable type cylinder, an impression roller cooperating therewith, a ticket guideway having an aperture through which the impression roller may act to press a ticket in the guideway against the type cylinder, a ticket delivery port, a curved guide plate forming a part of the guideway, and a friction wheel cooperatin with the curved guide plate to deliver a tic et -through said port, the guide plate and wheel bein so arranged that a ticket, during delivery, Iies in the direction of a chord of the curve of the plate, and tangential to the periphery of the wheel.

9. `In a machine of the character described, a rotatable type cylinder, means for presenting to the cylinder a strip of material to be printed, means for severing a ticket from the strip, means for effecting printing and movement of the ticket by the type cylinder, a friction roller, means for actuating said roller, and a movable guide arranged to press into contact with the friction roller, the movement of the ticket by the type cylinder serving to move the ticket along the guide.'

10. In a machine of the character described, a rotatable type cylinder, means for presenting to the cylinder a strip of material to vbe rinted, means for severing a ticket from t e strip, means for effecting printing and movement of the ticket by the type cylinder, ticket feeding means, ticket delivering means receiving tickets from the feeding means, the ticket delivering means including a motor-driven friction roller and a movably mounted curved plate arranged partly to embrace the surface of said roller, and disposed eccentrically relatively to the surface of said roller, the delivery end of the curved plate bearing against theroller.

11. In a machine of the character -described, a rotatable type cylinder, means for presenting to the cylinder a strip of material to be printed, means for severing a ticket from the strip, means for effecting printing and movement of the ticket by the type cylinderticket delivering means including a friction roller and a curved plate arranged partly to embrace the surface of said roller, and disposed eccentrically relatively to the surface of said roller, opposite edges of the plate at one end of the same, being bent t0- ward the axis of the friction Wheel.

12. In' a machine of the character described, a rotatable type cylinder, means for presenting to the type cylinder a strip of material to be printed, including a guideway, a pivotally mounted support, friction discs carried by the support and extending into the guide-Way, the guide-way being slotted adjacent to said discs, and other positively, driven discs having projecting segments adapted to act through the slots in the guide-Way in co-operation with the first mentioned discs for feeding a ticket strip along the guide-way, means for severing a ticket from the strip, and means for effecting printing and movement of the ticket by the type cylinder. 

